dvd of the week If your jaw dropped at how realistic, how life-like and creepy Gollum was when you first saw him in The Fellowship of the Ring ten years ago, it will fall open again and your mouth will dry out when you see Caesar, the super smart chimpanzee at the center of Rise…
dvr this George Cukor directed Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy in one of their better romantic comedies, and one of the gayest, in hindsight. Hepburn and Tracy perfected the I-hate-you, I-love-you, We’re-Really-Smart-and-Funny genre, and their chemistry was not just great acting, since they were also in love and having an illicit affair. In Pat and…
Joe Zee returns to the fashion-forward fold for Season Two of All On The Line With Joe Zee, and this time out the creative director of Elle Magazine will be helping to amend the, ahem, patterns that some designers have cut out for themselves in their business models. Zee is something of a Superman-type of…
Three men on a team disqualified from the 2008 Gay Softball World Series, because it was thought to have too many straight players, have been paid an undisclosed sum by the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance in an out of court settlement. The team, D2, who play in San Francisco, have also been awarded…
I may lose all credibility as a film critic by admitting that I am not much of a Martin Scorsese fan. Aside from The Departed, I’ve never actually enjoyed one of his films, even if I’ve respected them. There’s no doubt that he is a technical genius – his scene settings and camera work are…
thursday, dec. 8 Skating by the sea Don’t miss this unique Southern California experience – outdoor ice-skating overlooking the Pacific Ocean! The oceanfront Windsor Lawn at the Hotel del Coronado has been transformed into a spectacular ice rink with skating sessions offered daily. A portion of the skating proceeds will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation of…
British singer George Michael has been admitted to hospital suffering from pneumonia. The 48-year-old singer has cancelled a number of appearances on his Symphonica tour while he is being treated. Michael’s publicist Connie Filippello said in a statement that he had been “diagnosed with pneumonia and he is currently receiving treatment.” The UK Independent reported…
You’ve seen them. You’ve heard about them. But if you haven’t, how could you miss them – female impersonators, drag queens and performers. Yes, performers. They are more than guys who dress in women’s clothes; they do a lot of things. I’ve got the inside scoop – up close and personal with Glitz Glam aka…
The word bistro can mean many different things depending on where you are in the world. In Paris the streets are lined with them and they are some of the city’s best restaurants. New York City offers a more stylish take with most located in neighborhoods like Soho and Chelsea. In San Diego, we add…
dvd of the week I must admit that I walked into The Help expecting to be offended. Because I knew it to be about a young white woman writing a book about the black maids in early 1960s Jackson, Miss., perhaps unfairly I expected it to be a prequel of sorts to the insidiously racist…
